Hardrock 100 2014 Lottery Results

Whee! Lottery day is like Christmas Day, isn’t it? Congrats to everyone who gained entrance to the elusive 2014 Hardrock Hundred Endurance Run which will take place on July 11 to 13, 2014 in the San Juan Mountains from Silverton, Colorado. And, for the rest of us who didn’t get in or who aim to run this someday, we shall all keep dreaming! Let’s be clear, Hardrock isn’t a race, people. It’s a ‘run.’ But it’s one of the hardest and most aesthetic organized, 100-mile ‘runs’ on this planet. So attractive is this run that 1,279 folks applied to the lottery for the 2014 edition, which was held today.

Prior to the lottery, the race administration placed all of the lottery applicants in divisions based upon their previous experience (or not) with Hardrock and separate lotteries took place within each of the divisions. The divisions are ‘First-Timers,’ from which 35 spaces in the run were given, ‘Veterans,’ also from which 35 spaces were given, and ‘Everyone Else,’ from which 70 spaces were given. That’s a total of 140 entrants. Further, long waitlists were created for each division.

Even though this event is called a run and not a race, there are some men and women each year who attempt to run the course faster than everyone else in that year’s run and, possibly, faster than the course record. Below we document the men and women who were selected in the lottery today who we think will be the main 2014 contenders. We also mention who is on a waitlist and might get in, who is on a waitlist so far down they probably won’t get in, and who the unlucky, un-chosen runners were.

It looks as if the 2014 Hardrock will be a seriously competitive one up front. Kilian Jornet, Sebastian Chaigneau, Julien Chorier, and Tsuyashi Kaburaki will join Dakota Jones, Joe Grant, Timothy Olson, Jared Campbell, and others in the battle for the top positions on the men’s side. Darcy Africa, Diana Finkel, Rhonda Claridge, Jen Segger, and Abby McQueeney Penamonteand other strong women will certainly keep the women’s race exciting.

Here we go!

Automatic Entrants

There’s only one way to bypass the lottery and get into Hardrock: by winning the previous edition! 2013 winners SébastienChaigneau and Darcy Africa have automatic entries into the 2014 run and both of them have chosen to use those entries.

Waitlisted Men with at Least a Remote Chance of Getting In

Here are the male contenders who were chosen in the top 15 slots of the First-Timers waitlist, the top 15 slots of the Veterans waitlist, or the top 30 slots of the Everyone Else waitlist. These men have a good shot of getting off their respective waitlists and into the run.

Jeff Browning (2nd place on Everyone Else waitlist)

Adam Campbell (2nd place on First-Timers waitlist)

Waitlisted Women with at Least a Remote Chance of Getting In

Here is the female contender who was chosen in either the top 15 slots of the First-Timers waitlist, the top 15 slots of the Veterans waitlist, or the top 30 slots of the Everyone Else waitlist. She’s got a decent shot of running.

Sara Evans McCloskey (11th on Everyone Else waitlist)

Notable Did-Not-Get-Ins and Waitlisted Men with No Chance of Getting In

Here are some fast men who weren’t chosen in the lottery or are so far down their respective waitlist that there is almost no chance of them getting in.

John Anderson

Chris Askew

Rod Bien

Patrick Bohard

Chad Brackelsberg

Ryan Burch

Nick Clark

Cameron Clayton

Jamil Coury

Andy Dorais

Mike Foote

Neal Gorman

Matt Hart

Jesse Haynes

Nickademus Hollon

Troy Howard

Dave James

Iker Karerra

Anton Krupicka

Jason Lantz

Nick Lewis

Dave Mackey

Brett Maune

Steven Moore

Nick Pedatella

Gary Robbins

Jason Schlarb

Ian Sharman

Damian Stoy

Ian Torrence

Brendan Trimboli

Zach Violett

Michael Wardian

Mike Wolfe

Notable Did-Not-Get-Ins and Waitlisted Women with No Chance of Getting In

Here are some fast women who weren’t chosen in the lottery or are so far down their respective waitlist that there is almost no chance of them getting in.

Meghan Arbogast

Darla Askew

Jennifer Benna

Denise Bourassa

Meaghen Brown

Kerrie Bruxvoort

Candice Burt

Jenny Capel

Kelly Cronin

Leila Degrave

Katie Desplinter

Salynda Fleury

Gill Fowler

Keira Henninger

Emily Judd

Nikki Kimball

Bethany Lewis

Claire Price

Angela Shartel

Katrin Silva

Ann Trason

Nerea Martínez Urruzola

Joelle Vaught

Becky Wheeler

Paulette Zilmer

Call for Comments

Who are you most excited about running the 2014 Hardrock 100?

Who are your picks as favorites? Did we miss anyone who should be on these lists?

Kristin Zosel is a mom, wife, ultrarunner, physical therapist (on sabbatical), and transcriptionist for iRunFar.com. Her love of steep uphills, high mountain environments, and Swiss “lovely cows” keep alpine visions dancing in her head and strong cappuccinos in her mug.

Looking forward to seeing how Killian does on a course that is more suited with his type of running (high alpine, grueling, lots of vertical.) That being said, I am really rooting for Eric Lee to do well and would not be surprised given his Nolan's performance – *hopefully* predicting a top 5 result.

I am in – was not even planning on entering until I got the e-mail from the HR folks in late November that my 2010 HR finish will still count as a qualifier for 2014 despite the new qualifying standards. Apparently, somewhere on the website the "finished in last five years" was still listed as a qualifier. I had a few beers when I received this e-mail – read it as a challenge and signed up. I am stoked! I have only run one ultra since my 2010 HR finish, TRT 50K in 2011 – the year the knee wore out (from 2004 to 2010, 7/7 on 100 milers post knee surgery). When I had to drop from sweeping Old Pueblo 50 mile in 2011 the orthopedic said to give it up. I had already paid money for the TRT 50K – thinking I would pay-up to the 100 miler after the tax refund – I went ahead and gutted out the 50K in 2011 for what I thought was my last ultra ever. OK, I am insane and have already had a few – just ordered some walking sticks for Hard Walk 2014 and am considering those platform shoe HOKA's as well. Currently, the only confidence I have in finishing HRH 2014 are a few long backpack trips where the knee has held up. Now I have R2R2R (I live in So. AZ – backpacked but never run in the big ditch) set for March which was on my bucket list before the knee went out – now it is a training run for HR. I am looking out my window – there is the long 9000+ ft. ridge of the Huachuca Mountains that I need to zipper each week to get in the big climbs and descents…. Promise, I will give up the dream of HRH2014 finish and let the next one on the waiting list in by end of March if the training or the R2R2R confirms the orthopedics advise…